In the caricature painting 100 years ago, a scene similar to that of a modern person of "smart poisoning" was drawn

Appeared around 2000, smartphones spread at a stretch from the time the iPhone appeared in 2007, is no longer permeating society and life as a tool indispensable to many lives. The term "smart poisoning" is also born and gradually becomes a social problem, but in reality the satire announced 100 years ago also shows the appearance of people who rely on communication equipment , Human beings are informed that the fundamentals are the same at all times.

Cartoon from 1906 predicts our obsession with smartphones / Boing Boing
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That caricature is kore. It was published in England 's "Punch" magazine in 1906, and it shows a state where two men and women are sitting in a chair under one tree. However, they are not couples or lovers, communication devices are drawn on the knees of both of them and an antenna is drawn on the head, and it seems that they are doing some sort of communication. In the caption under the picture is written that "These two people are not communicating with each other, the women receive a message of love, and the men receive the result of the horse race", and the two From the device you have, you can see that a paper tape to output the data has been laid out.


The title of this caricature is "the forecast of 1907", as if modern people were absorbed in smart phones in town, the trend of the time that people 100 years ago were crazy about wireless communication was It is stored. A big earthquake occurred in San Francisco in 1906 when a satire was announced and it was a rescue signalSOS signalIt was also the timing of widespread use. Wireless communication was put into practical use in the latter half of the 1800's and it seems that people began to notice the person who became passionate about communication equipment already when people began to notice the possibility of communication.

And in modern times, in the era when high-performance computers are in the palm of hand and any information can be obtained instantaneously by high-speed communication. To the very convenience, not only for adults but also for children, "smartphone addiction" is spreading, and the people who have regarded this as a problem encourages manufacturers to respond to the situation.

"Apple should take action against children's smart poisoning," Apple's investors posted an open letter - GIGAZINE


By the way, it seems that "Hacking" which was done for the first time in the world occurred at about the same time.

"The world's first hack was done more than 100 years ago" and the history of hacking "A History of Hacking" - GIGAZINE


In any age, it seems that things that people are crazy do not change so much, and ultimately they are asking for "to connect". Millennial generation of ordinary people having a net from childhood will make society What kind of change will the future society change, or change not seen especially, it will be a while before we can understand the answer a little more time It seems to take.